Jumping on the bandwagon, even though I haven't been very regular about posting my menus & grocery lists.
I've tinkered with our format and now put prep work for future meals/lunches on the menu as a reminder; I also put who is responsible for cooking (or at least project-managing) the meal.
Our meal plan starts from last Friday, because that's our CSA delivery day.
Friday dinner
Kale & quinoa stuffed acorn squash; salad (N&C)
Saturday lunch
C&A fend for selves; N eat at work
soak black beans
Saturday dinner
Tofu turkey cutlets, roasted beets & carrots, gravy (C)
Make dill pasta salad for C lunches
Sunday lunch
Spaghetti w/ cherry tomatoes (A)
cook black beans
Sunday dinner
black bean-tomatillo tacos, chips & salsa verde (C)
Monday
Veggie burgers, beans & fries (N)
Tuesday
Eggplant lasagna (A & N)
Wednesday
Mac & cheese topped w/avocado, tomato, red onion pico (A & C)
Thursday
hoisin glazed tofu, rice, kimchi, edamame (C & N)
We went about $35 over our grocery budget goal, but I'm expecting $25 statement credit from our grocery credit card next week, so we should end up only about $10 over. One reason is that AS requested groceries to make lunches vs. eating out, a venture I definitely support!
Then we're going to stock up on staples at the Asian grocery store Monday, so we'll go over budget even more, but we can cut back the next week and make it up. I'm going to take a hard look at what we buy at the Asian store; anything that won't contribute directly to family dinners will have to be paid for with our fun money.
Menu plan
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http://southernfood.about.com/od/eggplantrecipes/r/bl30222e.htm
And I'll be making mine with a cheezy nutritional yeast sauce and Daiya vegan mozzarella shreds.
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